Iván A. Álvarez Merayo was born in Pontevedra in September 1971, although for thirty years lives in the Val de Lemos.
Degree in Geography and History, specialising in prehistory and archaeology, the University of Santiago de Compostela, currently holds professional archaeologist by all Galicia.
Possibly for the habit of years traveling the country with a camera on his shoulder, portraying the spaces, the stories, and paying attention to details; or by some sort of need to confessed, this practice ended up becoming a self-taught photographer.